Beyond The Walls Quotes

“The best sea has yet to be crossed.
The best child has yet to be born.
Our best days have yet to be lived;
and the best word I want to say to you
is the word I have not yet said.”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Henüz Vakit Varken Gülüm

“I don't have a mount with a saddle worked in silver,
I've no private means,
no property, no land.
All I own is a pot of honey.
Its colour redder than fire,
a pot of honey!

My honey is all I have...
I keep my property and land,
my pot of honey, I mean -
safe from vermin.
But wait, friend, wait...
While I have honey in my pot
the bees will come
from as far away as Baghdad...”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Henüz Vakit Varken Gülüm

“The lemon scented geranium in the pot smells stronger.
The seas roar.
Autumn is here with its full clouds and wise earth.

My darling.
The year is mature now.
It seems to me we have lived through a thousand-year adventure,
but we are still wide-eyed children running
hand in hand, barefoot in the sun.”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Henüz Vakit Varken Gülüm